Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Truth Justice & the Neo Republican Convention





September 9, 2008

TRNN journalists charged with unlawful assembly

Documentary report by Real News team arrested along with 818 people during the RNC

Truth, Justice and the 4th Estate
Geraldine Cahill

GERALDINE CAHILL, TRNN: Eight hundred and eighteen people were arrested in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the days leading up to and during the Republican National Convention last week. Several dozen were members of the media covering the various protests. While presidential hopeful John McCain was preparing his final speech to the Republican National Convention last Thursday, hundreds gathered on the steps of the Capitol Building, preparing to march for peace, an end to the war in Iraq, and a call for impeachment of President Bush. Many were also there to protest the arrest of demonstrators earlier in the week. The plan was to walk to the security perimeter surrounding the Xcel Center, where the RNC was taking place. I was there with my camera person, Ania Smolenskaia, to record what happened.

1 comment:

  1. Any surprise here?

    Not from where I sit. You're going to see more and more of this, even faster if Pain/McPain are selected.

    They won't even go through the motion of "free speech zones" by then.

    Imagine what happened in Burma this past spring, only on a grander scale.

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